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The Objectivity of Organizational Functions

Acta Biotheoretica, 2019
We critique the organizational account of biological functions by showing how its basis in the closure of constraints fails to be objective. While the account treats constraints as objective features of physical systems, the number and relationship of potential constraints are subject to potentially arbitrary redescription by investigators. For example,
Samuel Cusimano, Beckett Sterner
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Object oriented organizational modeling

Proceedings of the Twenty-Eighth Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2002
The information universe provides the highest common framework found in all organizational information systems combining data models, business rules, organizational roles, and the members of an organization. The conceptual model of development shows that a vertical dimension to design and implementation leads to an extensible and object oriented domain
B. Czech, J. Fjermestad, P. Jonsson
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Objective Measurement of Organizational Environments.

Academy of Management Proceedings, 1982
This paper argues for the advantages of research on organizational populations and proposes that industrial classifications deserve increased attention.
Gregory G. Dess, Donald W. Beard
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Epistemic Objects, Artefacts and Organizational Change

Organization, 2005
One of the key concepts of the neo-institutional studies of organizations has been routine—an established, rule-governed pattern of action. The concept of routine creates difficulties when used for making sense of the emergence of new practices or change in organizations and institutions. There are two reasons for this.
Reijo Miettinen, Jaakko Virkkunen
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